In Autumn 2015, Hubbub launched The Rest Test in collaboration with BBC Radio 4. The Rest Test was the world’s largest survey into subjective experiences of rest, investigating how different people understand and seek to rest and whether rest can be linked to wellbeing. A year on, and with the input of more than 18,000 people from 134 countries, Hubbub can share a slice of the information gathered…

This interdisciplinary book contains 22 essays and interventions on rest and restlessness, silence and noise, relaxation and work, including a chapter on The Rest Test, the Hubbub survey featured in BBC Radio 4’s Anatomy of Rest...